Non-refillable bottle.



W. E. & C. B FOSS.'

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPUCAHON FILED ma 23, 1915.

1 1 60,501 Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

GPA/1X M cones UNITED STATES ATEN cares.

I WALTER EDWARD FOSS AND CHARLES B. FOSS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Application filed February 23, 1915.

United States, residing at Chicago.- in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles; andwe do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a partof this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful. improvements in non-refillable bottles and comprises a simple and ellicient device of this nature having various details of construction, combinationsand arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and then specifically defined in the ap pended claims.

()ur invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figiire 1 is a sectional view through. a bottle and valve attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing the bottle tilted, toward a horizontal position and the valve unsealed. Fig. 3 is a sectional view online 2l---3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail view of a shell mounted within the stopper. Fig. 5 is afcetail view of a part of the invention. Fig. U is a detail view of a valve holding member. Fig. Tis a detail of a slightly modified form of the device.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letters, A designates a bottle having a neck B, said neck being constricted midway its length forming a shoulder (1, serving as a valve seat about a central opening, and l) designates a semispheriral valve adapted to rest upon said seat to prevent liquid being poured into the liottlc. The interior wall of the neck about Hilltl shoulder is corrugated as at l). and a ring I is adapted to rest upon the outer ends of said corrugations and serves as a means for limiting the IDOVUIl'lCilL of the valve. in one dircction. hollow truncated shell ll has lingers l projecting from the upper end tlicrcol and forming supports for the shell K which has a reduced cylindrical portion about which a cork or liller 1 passes. and said reduced portion has circum- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 16, 191..

Serial No 10,072.

ferential apertures U through which liquid is passed when dispensed from the bottle. The outer end of the shell K has a flange K" engaging an annular recess Q formed in the inner surface of the bottle.

In Fig. 7 of the drawings, we ha ve shown a slight modification of the means for holdiug the shell within the neck and which consists of a shell S having an annular groove S formed circumferentially near the outer end thereof and in which a filler R of cement is placed and which also engages a recess T formed in the inner surface of the neck T.

In the construction of a bottle in accordance with our invention, it is our purpose to make the metallic parts of a non-magnetic material so that magnets may not be used for holding the valve and of such a mate rial that will not be effected by the liquid contents of the bottle.

In operation, it will be noted that, alter a bottle has been filled and the valve and the shells adjusted in. place within the neck, the liquid contents of the bottle may be dispensed by tilting the bottle toward a. horizontal position, allowing the valve to unseat by gravity and to assume the position shown in 'Fig. 2 of the drawings when the bottle is tilted a little by a llOllZUlltfil tion. In the event of it being attempted to refill the bottle by turning the same to the position shown in Fig. 2, it will be noted that the valve is so positioned by reason of its edge tilting in contact with the and ribs upon the wall of the neck that the center of gravity will he toward the valve seat and the slightest pressure upon the valve will quickly close the same, thus; preventing the bottle being refilled. By the pccul iar shape and arrangement of the shells mounted within the neck, the insertion of instruments with the view of holding the.

valve unseatcd for the purpose of refilling the bottle will be impossible, thus making it necessary to break the bottle .lclore tle same may he refilled.

What we claim to be new is:

l. A non-refillable bottle having a. neck with a valve. seat formed therein, the inner surface of the neck adjaccnt to the valve seat provided with corrugations. a perl o' ratcd disk resting upon the ends of said corrugations. a shell having its inner cud flaring and holding the disk against said corrugations, said shell having fingers proshell within the neck and in contact with said fingers and circumferentially apertured.

2. A non-refillable bottle having a neck with a valveseat formed therein, the inner surface of the neck adjacent to the valve seat provided with corrugations, a perforated disk resting upon theends of said corrugations, a shell having its inner end flare ing and holding the disk against said. corrugations, said shell'having fingers projecting from its outer end, a second shell having a contracted portion circumferentially apertured and its inner ,end resting against said fingers and its outer end flanged, the inner: 15 surface of the neck having an annular groove engaged by said flange, andv a cork about the contracted portion of the shell;

In testimony whereof we hereunto afiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses. 20

- WALTER EDWARD Foss. CHARLES B FOSS. Witnesses:

HENRY F. BOERGERHOFF, U ELIZABETH J Foss. 

